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Chinese officials won’t fix security flaws in Olympic app

The bad news – if you were hoping to attend – is the Winter Olympics in Beijing has banned virtually all spectators. The good news is that means you won’t have to download the official Olympics app, which is said to contain multiple security holes that authorities won’t fix. The University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab says […]

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Report: Between staffing shortages, pandemic, public safety organizations face uphill battle

Between the pandemic, rancorous national politics, civil unrest and staffing shortages, it’s been a difficult few years for those working in public safety—to say the least. A new report from Rave Mobile Safety, a critical communication platform, quantifies the toll that’s been taken on the industry at large. A little more than 60 percent of respondents […]

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Fleet Complete launches LTE-M asset trackers for FirstNet

Fleet Complete has announced that the company’s wired and solar-powered LTE-M asset trackers have been approved for use on FirstNet, allowing the small senor devices to access the prioritized connectivity via the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) being built by AT&T. Brent Dutka, Fleet Complete’s vice president of business development, said the AT1 Wired and […]

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Researchers discover dangerous firmware-level rootkit

Firmware-based rootkits, though still relatively rare, are gaining in popularity because they give threat actors a way to maintain a persistent, hard-to-detect, and difficult-to-eradicate presence on a target network. Kaspersky researchers recently discovered the latest example of such a threat hidden deep within the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) firmware of a computer at a […]

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2022 Predictions for AI in IT, Data Centers

If the pandemic did anything for AI, it saw the increase in investments in information technology and data centers. Legacy systems were given a kicking as brands sought to accelerate upgrade plans. With those upgrades came increased automation and cloud tools. That was 2021. Should the market expect more of the same in 2022? Seven […]

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Data protection, cloud advancement and containerization: 2022 state and local priorities

Between the lasting implications of the pandemic, continual shifts in work practices and the ever-present threat of a ransomware attack, state and local governments have persevered through another year of adapting to meet citizen needs and continue to deliver on the mission. This year, we’ve seen a push toward significant transformation of our technology systems, […]

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NextNav selected by ‘top wireless carrier’ to deliver Z-axis location for 911 calls

NextNav announced that it has signed an agreement with a ‘top wireless carrier’ to deliver vertical-location—or Z-axis—information about an 911 caller to a public-safety answering point (PSAP) when an emergency call is made. Dan Hight, NextNav’s vice president of business development and partnerships, said that the NextNav 911 Z-axis solution—using the same vertical-location technology leveraged […]

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ESChat: Josh Lober discusses integration with Siyata SD-7 IoT radio

ESChat President/CEO Josh Lober talks about his company’s partnership with Siyata Mobile, including today’s announcement that ESChat push-to-talk (PTT) service is available on the Siyata SD-7, which is a rugged IoT device certified for use on multiple carrier networks: Verizon, AT&T and FirstNet, with T-Mobile certification expected in coming months. By leveraging an Internet […]

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Personalizing the software-defined vehicle

The software-defined vehicle has arrived. Now automakers and Tier 1 suppliers are weighing whether personalization and customization for consumers will turn out to be the industry’s Holy Grail. Technological changes and updates were once incremental but the cycle has accelerated from gradual modifications and ad hoc software additions to real-time upgrades. “The car has evolved by bolting […]

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Russia takes down REvil ransomware operation, arrests key members

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has arrested members of the prolific REvil ransomware group at the US government’s request in a significant development that is being received with some skepticism given its timing in the middle of brewing geopolitical tensions between the two nations. In a statement, the FSB said it had detained 14 members […]

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Chinese officials won’t fix security flaws in Olympic app

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Report: Between staffing shortages, pandemic, public safety organizations face uphill battle

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Fleet Complete launches LTE-M asset trackers for FirstNet

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Researchers discover dangerous firmware-level rootkit

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2022 Predictions for AI in IT, Data Centers

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Data protection, cloud advancement and containerization: 2022 state and local priorities

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NextNav selected by ‘top wireless carrier’ to deliver Z-axis location for 911 calls

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ESChat: Josh Lober discusses integration with Siyata SD-7 IoT radio

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Personalizing the software-defined vehicle

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Russia takes down REvil ransomware operation, arrests key members

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